Retro console and games thread

kinger8938 · 14 Feb 2017 at 17:55

digitalx said:
I'm 27, Gecko. Still a young'n.

Same here! Though calling myself a collector is a stretch! I have a small gathering of old consoles and games with the intention of collecting slowly

Digital X · 14 Feb 2017 at 20:05

Right, I'll have two hours in town tomorrow before a hospital app. I know the shop I'm going to (Xpress Games) had an Atari 2600, is it worth getting? I can't remember the price which is the only mistake..

Just thought It's one more for the collection. If they have a NES, even better.

lakitu · 14 Feb 2017 at 20:18

digitalx said:
Right, I'll have two hours in town tomorrow before a hospital app. I know the shop I'm going to (Xpress Games) had an Atari 2600, is it worth getting? I can't remember the price which is the only mistake..

Just thought It's one more for the collection. If they have a NES, even better.

I got one from a local shop and plugged it in to my HDTV via RF (I know) and it wasn't playable the image is that bad...it's been in the loft ever since. If you have a CRT then go for it!

Digital X · 14 Feb 2017 at 21:13

No CRT.. yet. I'm guessing they aren't cheap, any particular brand/model I should look for? is around £50 doable?

Am I looking for a CRT Monitor, or a big box telly? Assuming It's RF like my Commodore 64 is.

barmyllama · 14 Feb 2017 at 22:16

You might be better off with an Atari Flashback because that uses AV input rather than RF.

RF looks awful even on a CRT.

If you are going to buy a CRT then Sony Trinitron is the best option in terms of bang for buck. To be honest you shouldn't have to pay more than £10-20 if you're patient.

21" - 24" 4:3 TV is the sweetspot. I think all the Sony TV's that size have a least one RGB SCART input and output stereo sound. So you'll have the best TV for all the 16 and 32 bit consoles.

ShiWarrior · 15 Feb 2017 at 16:40

just looked in the for sale section, that snes bundle you bought Barmy, looks fantastic !

Digital X · 15 Feb 2017 at 16:48

@kinger, I'm a small collector I think. I have a Game Boy Advance SP, PS1 > 4, Xbox Original > Xbox One, SNES, ZX Spectrum, Amiga 1200, Commodore 64 and an N64.

Went to Xpress Games, no Atari sadly. But did pick up:

Soul Reaver 2 PS2
Tekken Tag Tournament PS2
Spartan Total Warrior PS2
Extreme G for N64
Ghost Recon 2 Advanced Warfighter X360 (20p in GAME!)
Project Gotham Racing 4 for 20p as well lol.. Can't say no to that!
NFS Most Wanted, new one, X360
Dead Space 2, X360 for £1
Shadow of Rome for PS2
Medal of Honor, new one, for £1

Good haul today!

ShiWarrior · 15 Feb 2017 at 16:53

@MrMarvelous
nope, never heard of it till now

ShiWarrior · 15 Feb 2017 at 18:24

had a package arrive today

Taito Legends on the PS2 !!

finally get to play Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands All over again !!!!!!!
SO HAPPY !

barmyllama · 15 Feb 2017 at 18:57

ShiWarrior said:
just looked in the for sale section, that snes bundle you bought Barmy, looks fantastic !

I was tempted when it was listed a few months back. But I don't play my SNES much, as I was a Mega Drive owner back then, so I don't have any nostalgia for the system. Nor do I have that many games. But what I do have I want to play at 60Hz and full screen and have the option of any region cartridges in the future, which can be cheaper. So apart from my Wii and XBox 360 all my systems are region free.

ShiWarrior said:
had a package arrive today

Taito Legends on the PS2 !!

finally get to play Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands All over again !!!!!!!
SO HAPPY !

I bought Taito Legends 2 a few weeks back. Cheapest way to play G Darius, Darius Gaiden, RayForce and RayStorm.

Although I already had G Darius for the PS1.

I think it looks better on the PS1 beacuse it's a port rather than the Taito Legends version which is emulated. Or rather the image quality is better, the Taito Legends version has that composite look to it rather than the PS1 version's RGB. Even though my PS2 is RGB connected to the TV.

kinger8938 · 15 Feb 2017 at 19:11

digitalx said:
@kinger, I'm a small collector I think. I have a Game Boy Advance SP, PS1 > 4, Xbox Original > Xbox One, SNES, ZX Spectrum, Amiga 1200, Commodore 64 and an N64.

Went to Xpress Games, no Atari sadly. But did pick up:

Soul Reaver 2 PS2
Tekken Tag Tournament PS2
Spartan Total Warrior PS2
Extreme G for N64
Ghost Recon 2 Advanced Warfighter X360 (20p in GAME!)
Project Gotham Racing 4 for 20p as well lol.. Can't say no to that!
NFS Most Wanted, new one, X360
Dead Space 2, X360 for £1
Shadow of Rome for PS2
Medal of Honor, new one, for £1

Good haul today!

Nice set of systems!

I currently wanted to gather all the ones I grew up with so starting with the mega drive! So have that, the N64, Dreamcast and GameCube. I want to focus on GameCube as that's the one I have most for right now!

Though I would like a Ps1 or maybe slim ps2 to cover both!

Unrelated but

What do you guys make of today's limited run physical games? Are they worth picking up? Dear Esther is going on sale soon only 5000 being made physical, only been digital til now. Not sure if it's worth grabbing. It's a favourite of mine

phatboy · 15 Feb 2017 at 19:34

Hey all! It's been a while with moving house, new job and my heart trying to stop to boot!

Local pick up tonight, Indigo cube boxed with psu and cables...AND...A Gameboy Player + Pool Paradise boxed game

Cost me 20 quid so quiet happy regardless but i believe I don't have the gb player boot disk

. Are these still rare as hens teeth? Does anyone have a spare lol

kinger8938 · 15 Feb 2017 at 20:29

phatboy said:
Hey all! It's been a while with moving house, new job and my heart trying to stop to boot!

Local pick up tonight, Indigo cube boxed with psu and cables...AND...A Gameboy Player + Pool Paradise boxed game

Cost me 20 quid so quiet happy regardless but i believe I don't have the gb player boot disk . Are these still rare as hens teeth? Does anyone have a spare lol

I was about to ask if you had the disc until reading further

Its a common issue i see sometimes people saying they cant source the disc! Surely theres a way!

Digital X · 15 Feb 2017 at 20:38

@kinger I'm still after a Mark 2 Mega Drive. I bought one with my stepdad when I was young for £10, with a controller etc everything.. gone now

ShiWarrior · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:32

about an hour on Bubble Bobble now, brings back memories was having so much fun getting the sweets, running shoes, umbrellas, BIG cakes etc ! lol

barmyllama · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:35

kinger8938 said:
Nice set of systems!

I currently wanted to gather all the ones I grew up with so starting with the mega drive! So have that, the N64, Dreamcast and GameCube. I want to focus on GameCube as that's the one I have most for right now!

Though I would like a Ps1 or maybe slim ps2 to cover both!

Unrelated but

What do you guys make of today's limited run physical games? Are they worth picking up? Dear Esther is going on sale soon only 5000 being made physical, only been digital til now. Not sure if it's worth grabbing. It's a favourite of mine

I've ordered a few times.

Takes anything up to four weeks to arrive and they charge $15 shipping. They give you the option to hold over games and ship in one go to reduce the cost. But then it takes even longer to get your games and it's not saying you'll want every game that goes on sale.

Also be aware that while they don't do reprints there's nothing stopping the same developers using different publishers and the game being released again. This happened with Soldner X2, Play Asia published it a few weeks ago and so now there are another 3000 copies available.

Digital X · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:41

Woops, Mk1 Mega Drive! Even.. not Mk2.

phatboy · 15 Feb 2017 at 21:54

I started playing bust a move 2 again a few days back......oh goodness it's so good still!!

WatchTower · 16 Feb 2017 at 22:43

My arcade PCB collection is picking up. Here is a few of them.

barmyllama · 17 Feb 2017 at 14:00

Properly jealous.

Very very nice.

Do they all plug into the same cabinet?